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Voters turning away from Trump as Biden pulls ahead in six key states

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The Telegraph

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May 22, 2020 • 2 minute read

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2020.Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS

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If the results were replicated on Nov. 3, it is likely Biden would be heading to the White House.

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The new poll reflects a national survey which showed Biden had opened up a double-digit lead over Trump. The Quinnipiac University poll had Biden on 50 per cent, and Trump on 39 per cent.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 29, 2020. The businessman Republican is doing poorly in most polls ahead of the November presidential contest with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who remains shuttered in his Delaware home.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

But there are also danger signs for Biden, with three quarters of voters in those six key states aware of a historic sexual assault allegation against him which has made headlines in recent weeks.

Some voters also had concerns about Biden’s age when asked about possible reasons for not backing him. He is 77, four years older than Trump, and, if successful, would be the oldest person ever elected to the U.S. presidency.

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The Biden campaign will be cheering at the overall shape of the race with less than six months to go, according to the picture painted by this polling. As ever with U.S. elections, the focus lies on the battleground states — the ones which both parties believe they have a chance of winning.

Trump won all six of the states polled in 2016. Four had voted for Barack Obama, Trump’s predecessor, in 2012. But these polls found that Biden has now pulled ahead of Trump in all six states.

Biden was found to lead by two percentage points in Florida and North Carolina, four points in Arizona, eight points in Michigan, nine points in Pennsylvania and 10 points in Wisconsin.

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The snapshot comes with America reeling from a coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 1.5 million people and taken more than 90,000 lives. In each of the six states, more voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of the pandemic than approved.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (right) with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House October 21, 2015 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee/Getty Images

Biden, who served as Obama’s vice-president for eight years, is all but certain to be crowned the Democratic presidential nominee at the party convention this August.

But in recent weeks Biden has had to address claims by Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer, that he sexually assaulted her in 1993. He has categorically denied the allegation.

The polls offered an indication about each candidate’s strengths. Characteristics which voters often associated with Trump included being a strong leader, knowing how to get things done and standing up for U.S. interests. Characteristics associated with Biden included caring about “people like me”, being able to work with foreign leaders and understanding the problems afflicting America.

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